The charter of the Transport Layer Security (tls) working group in the Security Area of the IETF has been updated. For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the working group Chairs. +++ Transport Layer Security (tls) ============================== Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Eric Rescorla <ekr@networkresonance.com> Pasi Eronen <pasi.eronen@nokia.com> Security Area Director(s): Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@mit.edu> Security Area Advisor: Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> Technical Advisor(s): Allison Mankin <mankin@psg.com> Mailing Lists: General Discussion: tls@lists.ietf.org To Subscribe: tls-request@ietf.org Archive: http://www.imc.org/ietf-tls/mail-archive Description of Working Group: The TLS Working Group was established in 1996 to standardize a 'transport layer' security protocol. The working group began with SSL version 3.0. The TLS Working Group has completed a series of specifications that describe the Transport Layer Security protocol versions 1.0 and 1.1, extensions to the protocol, and new ciphersuites to be used with TLS. The primary goal of the WG is to publish a revision of TLS, version 1.2, that removes the protocol's dependency on the MD5 and SHA-1 digest algorithms, which have been either wholly or partially compromised by recent research. The TLS WG will also work on new authenticated encryption modes for TLS, including modes based on counter mode encryption (CTR) and combined encryption/authentication modes, and may define major new cipher suites for TLS for this purpose. In the preparation of TLS 1.2, the WG will attempt to avoid gratuitous changes to TLS 1.1. Goals and Milestones: Done Final draft for Secure Transport Layer Protocol ('STLP') Done TLS 1.1 specification 3/2006 First draft of TLS 1.2 specification, including CTR mode cipher suites 3/2006 First draft of specification for cipher suites with combined encryption/authentication modes 12/2006 Submit specification of TLS 1.2 specification to IESG for publication as Proposed Standard. 12/2006 Submit specification of cipher suites with combined encryption/authentication modes to IESG for publication, with at least one of these suites to be Proposed Standard. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
